The School for Scandal

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Event The School for Scandal
Venue Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
First Date 4 July 1865
Last Date July 1865
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description The comedy was very much cut down, and we cannot but think that it is a great mistake on the part of the management to announce pieces which it is impossible to present fully within the time allowed for the performance, and then give only garbled versions of them. Such a comedy as Sheridan's School For Scandal should be given in its entirety or not at all. The liberty of mangling standard plays is being affected more and more by managers, and demands protest.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Contributors
Name Function Notes
M E Aitken Actor Lady Teazle
W G Carey Actor Joseph Surface
Chandler Actor Sir Benjamin Backbite
Charles Dillon Actor Charles Surface
George Fawcett Actor Sir Peter Teazle
Dolly Green Actor Maria
E Holt Actor Lady Sneerwell
Cassy Matthews Actor Mrs Candour
Richard Brinsley Sheridan Playwright
Text Nationality England
Further Information School for Scandal played as an afterpiece to King Rene's Daughter.
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 196617